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By Alan Edelson, February 25, 2009
Coronet Geary Trail Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On U.S. 202 at Cornet Way, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 202. |
| | British officer Francis Geary killed near here in a 1776 skirmish. He is buried to the northeast off Geary’s Ridge Road. — — Map (db m16735) HM |
| On U.S. 202 at milepost 8, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Near here British cavalry were routed by Capt. John
Schenck's militia Dec. 1776. British Geary was killed and buried on field. — — Map (db m182796) HM |
| On New Jersey Route 202, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Erected in memory of the citizen soldiers of Amwell Township who, commanded by Captain John Schenck, on December 14th 1776, met and drove from this field a column of the British 16th Light Dragoons, after killing their commander, Cornet Francis . . . — — Map (db m31959) HM |
| | Support for the rebellion against British tyranny was at a low ebb in December 1776. The British occupied a strategic area in New Jersey and Washington's army had retreated across the Delaware River.
The British commander in New Jersey sent . . . — — Map (db m31960) HM |
Jun. 16, 2024